Category Archives: Domestic Partnership Orange County Attorney

Court Set-Aside of California Secretary of State Termination

Recently a colleague wanted to know…. If someone entered into a domestic partnership and then the partner terminated the partnership with the Secretary of State two years later, but there was still a substantial amount of consumer debt that the parties accumulated during the partnership that has not yet been divided. Question: Can a Petition…
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Which mom for Isabella? Same Sex Civil Union, Domestic Partnership

In New York a civil union has ended and mommy has abducted the parties’ then 7 year old daughter fleeing to Managua Nicaragua.  The saga began when Lisa Miller is said to have met Janet Jenkins on or about 1997 at an AA meeting in Falls Church Virginia. The same sex couple began dating entered…
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1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules DOMA unconstitutional; what does this mean?

On Thursday May 31st, the federal appeals court in Boston unanimously ruled that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional because it deprives gay couples of the rights and privileges granted to heterosexual couples. The three judge panel ruled in favor of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and state Attorney General Martha…
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9th Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down California Gay Marriage Ban

Divorce attorneys in California may soon be handling much more family law for same-sex couples. On Tuesday, February 7th, the federal appeals court based in San Francisco ruled California's Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage, unconstitutional. The 2-1 decision reaffirmed an earlier 2010 decision made by the court without the panel. Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote…
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Same Sex Marriage and Family Law

A highly disputed issue of marriage is the union of marriage between the same sex. Society has recently become more accustomed to same sex marriages. If same sex marriage is permitted in California the laws of family law will change according to these modifications. As of now the California Supreme Court has not legalized same…
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Partner Support

If you divorce your domestic partner, the courts may order one of you to pay the other a monthly amount or partner support money. To determine the amount of support that will be paid will depend on several factors, such as: -The duration of your domestic partnership, -Both of your ages and your health, -Both…
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